Thu, Jun 04, 2009
28 Honored As Aviation Ambassadors
The Virginia Department of Aviation
(DOAV) recognized 28 pilots for completing its Virginia Aviation
Ambassadors Program (VAAP) at the Virginia Regional Festival of
Flight in Suffolk on May 30.
The VAAP encourages people to experience all of Virginia’s
public-use airports, visit the aviation museums, participate in at
least one safety seminar and attend the Virginia Regional Festival
of Flight. To participate in the program, pilots must get their
Virginia Aviation Ambassador passport stamped at each location,
earning recognition along the way.
Bronze recognition for 25 airports, four aviation museums, a
safety event and attendance at the Virginia Regional Festival of
Flight is an Ambassador Cap and lapel pin. Silver recognition as
the Ambassador reaches 50 airports is a pilot flight bag. The Gold
recognition for visiting all 66 airports is a leather flight jacket
with the Virginia Aviation Ambassador logo embroidered on the
front.
“This program is an extraordinary opportunity for pilots,
aviation enthusiasts and the general public to see the valuable
economic assets in our system of airports,” said Randall
Burdette, director of DOAV.
“It gives pilots and riders
alike an opportunity to set and meet goals in their flying and
sightseeing, and experience all that Virginia aviation has to offer
while having fun with friends and family.”
Since the program’s start in 2005, 191 people have become
Gold-level Virginia aviation ambassadors. A special thanks goes to
Heart of Virginia Aviation, Hanover Airport and Virginia
Aeronautical Historical Society for their assistance in sponsoring
the Virginia Aviation Ambassador Program.
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